[Misc] Roofer costs

[Let's Have A Winner!]

I have about 3 ridge tiles which need recementing in, have had 3 quotes so far... £1250, £1272 and £1400! Looks to me about a 1-2 hour job? All three want to use scaffolding for H&S at about £900. Suffice to say I am still searching for someone to do it without the need for scaffolding!

 

[BN9 BHA]

I have about 3 ridge tiles which need recementing in, have had 3 quotes so far... £1250, £1272 and £1400! Looks to me about a 1-2 hour job? All three want to use scaffolding for H&S at about £900. Suffice to say I am still searching for someone to do it without the need for scaffolding!

If you have had 3 quotes and all 3 want to use scaffolding I would have a good stab in the dark that this job maybe is too dangerous to do off a ladder.

 

[Bodian]

I'm still in Shock that Bozza Towers is a Bungalow, after all the money Mustafa made for him I had expected a Country House, if not a Mansion...

It's like seeing someone you've only ever heard on the radio isn't - just not quite what you expected. I heard someone well-known on here to be a dullard on the radio, and he sounded vaguely interesting. So - that's two impressions dashed in just one day! What next, as these things tend to come in threes?

 

[Justice]

I have about 3 ridge tiles which need recementing in, have had 3 quotes so far... £1250, £1272 and £1400! Looks to me about a 1-2 hour job? All three want to use scaffolding for H&S at about £900. Suffice to say I am still searching for someone to do it without the need for scaffolding!

Why don’t you try sourcing your own scaffolding you might save yourself a few quid.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Last year I had a leak. In the end I had 5 roof tiles replaced and the lead lining renewed. Cost was £400. A local firm quoted first and wanted over £2k - and I will name them as I notice they advertise on the big screens at the Amex - MB Roofing - don't touch with a barge pole.

 

[Comrade Sam]

So much moaning. Just borrow a neighbours ladder and do it yourself, it's pretty easy. However, you have to consider a fall might end up costing you more. It seems odd that education is so expensive, I know Lawyers, Social Workers and Junior Doctors that earn far less than Roofers, Scaffolders and Brickies and they work far longer hours too.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It's like seeing someone you've only ever heard on the radio isn't - just not quite what you expected. I heard someone well-known on here to be a dullard on the radio, and he sounded vaguely interesting. So - that's two impressions dashed in just one day! What next, as these things tend to come in threes?

Ppf turns out to be a lecturer in quantum physics

 

[BN9 BHA]

So much moaning. Just borrow a neighbours ladder and do it yourself, it's pretty easy. However, you have to consider a fall might end up costing you more. It seems odd that education is so expensive, I know some Lawyers, Social Workers and Junior Doctors that earn far less than some Roofers, Scaffolders and Brickies and they work far longer hours too.

Edited for you
I’ve added the word some a couple of times.

 

[dazzer6666]

Pretty impressed this thread has got to almost two full pages without one of the usual suspects claiming it’s the effects of Brexit on supply of cheaper Eastern European roofers

 

[Justice]

Last year I had a leak. In the end I had 5 roof tiles replaced and the lead lining renewed. Cost was £400. A local firm quoted first and wanted over £2k - and I will name them as I notice they advertise on the big screens at the Amex - MB Roofing - don't touch with a barge pole.

Now you know why how they can afford to advertise on match day.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Pretty impressed this thread has got to almost two full pages without one of the usual suspects claiming it’s the effects of Brexit on supply of cheaper Eastern European roofers

Everyone has been delicately tip toeing around the blindingly obvious, and then you come diving straight in two footed

 

[dazzer6666]

Everyone has been delicately tip toeing around the blindingly obvious, and then you come diving straight in two footed

Subbed on, straight red within 30 seconds

 

[WATFORD zero]

Last year I had a leak. In the end I had 5 roof tiles replaced and the lead lining renewed. Cost was £400. A local firm quoted first and wanted over £2k - and I will name them as I notice they advertise on the big screens at the Amex - MB Roofing - don't touch with a barge pole.

Now you know why how they can afford to advertise on match day.

So it's Westdene's fault we don't have a proven Premier League striker

 

[B-right-on]

I have about 3 ridge tiles which need recementing in, have had 3 quotes so far... £1250, £1272 and £1400! Looks to me about a 1-2 hour job? All three want to use scaffolding for H&S at about £900. Suffice to say I am still searching for someone to do it without the need for scaffolding!

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